media.playVideo() in api corona

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#1

Hello, 

I have a short movie clip in both formats of mp4 and m4v. 

I have used the following code to play the video when the play button is tapped, however, nothing happens. 

I have tried the media.playVideo() without the button so it will automatically start once the scene is shown, however; nothing happens. 

My computer is a mini apple Mac mini desktop, and the simulator is set to Apple 5. 

local Button local function myVideo() media.playVideo( "lift.m4v", true, onComplete ) end ---- SCENE: SHOW (EVENT) Button = display.newImageRect("playbtn.png", 100, 100 ) Button.x = display.contentWidth/2 Button.y = display.contentHeight/2 Button:addEventListener("tap", myVideo)
#2

Did you double check the docs?

https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/media/playVideo.html#gotchas

If that isn’t clear… it means you can’t test this in the simulator.  

You must test it on a device or an emulated device and only if the emulated device supports the API.

I believe you can test this with the emulated devices on Mac.

One last note, the simulator is not an emulator.  I’m talking about the emulated devices available via xcode.

#3

Thanks for the instructions.

Had already read the api guideline. 

How can I test the Lua code on the emulated devices available in xcode? 

Does it mean I have to write the code in Objective C or Swift before I test it? (sorry in advance if this is a dumb question)

#4

When you build your app for iOS (must be done with Corona simulator on a mac), you’ll see these options:

  • copy to device
  • open in xcode iOS simulator (choose this)
  • send to app store
  • show in finder
  • do nothing.

Note: IMHO, the second choice should really read: “open in xcode ios emulator”, but whatever.  That is the one you want.

#5

Thank you!

#6

Keeping the Corona Simulator separate from the Xcode simulator is a challenging bit of language artistry. I kinda like calling it emulator, but that’s unfortunately not what Apple calls it. 

Rob

#7

Did you double check the docs?

https://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/media/playVideo.html#gotchas

If that isn’t clear… it means you can’t test this in the simulator.  

You must test it on a device or an emulated device and only if the emulated device supports the API.

I believe you can test this with the emulated devices on Mac.

One last note, the simulator is not an emulator.  I’m talking about the emulated devices available via xcode.

#8

Thanks for the instructions.

Had already read the api guideline. 

How can I test the Lua code on the emulated devices available in xcode? 

Does it mean I have to write the code in Objective C or Swift before I test it? (sorry in advance if this is a dumb question)

#9

When you build your app for iOS (must be done with Corona simulator on a mac), you’ll see these options:

  • copy to device
  • open in xcode iOS simulator (choose this)
  • send to app store
  • show in finder
  • do nothing.

Note: IMHO, the second choice should really read: “open in xcode ios emulator”, but whatever.  That is the one you want.

#10

Thank you!

#11

Keeping the Corona Simulator separate from the Xcode simulator is a challenging bit of language artistry. I kinda like calling it emulator, but that’s unfortunately not what Apple calls it. 

Rob